解题思路,手推代码:

import java.util.*;


public class Solution {
    /**
     * 代码中的类名、方法名、参数名已经指定,请勿修改,直接返回方法规定的值即可
     *
     * longest common substring
     * @param str1 string字符串 the string
     * @param str2 string字符串 the string
     * @return string字符串
     */
    public String LCS (String str1, String str2) {
        if(str1==null || str2 == null) {
            return "";
        }

        int[][] dp = new int[str1.length()+1][str2.length()+1];
        int max = 0;
        int pos = 0;
        for(int i=1; i<=str1.length(); i++) {
            for(int j=1; j<=str2.length(); j++) {
                if(str1.charAt(i-1) == str2.charAt(j-1)) {
                    dp[i][j] = dp[i-1][j-1] + 1;
                } else {
                    dp[i][j] = 0;
                }

                if(dp[i][j] > max) {
                    max = dp[i][j];
                    pos = i - 1;
                }
            }
        }
        return str1.substring(pos - max+1, pos +1);
    }
}